Machine for corking bottles



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No. 291,458. Patented an". 1, 1884.

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PATENT EFIcE.

GEORGE TAYLOR, OF EVERETT, AND

JOHN POWER AND EBEN D, COLBY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

MACHINE FORCORKING BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart'of Letters ]?atent No. 291,458, dated January 1, 1884,

I Application filed October 25, 1882. (N model.)

r0 Ihe object of our invention is toprovide a simple, durable, and efficient Working machine which may be quickly adjusted so as to adapt it to cork bottles of various sizes and employ various sizes of corks therein; and it I consists in 'the construction, combination, and A arrangement of the several parts, as hereinafter more fully described and set forth. Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a machine constructed according to our invention. Fig. 2 represents a vertical central section of the same. Fig. 3 represents a section plan of the rotary feed devices. Fig. 4. represents an elevation of the spring-pawl for actuating the rotary cork-receptacle.

ing removed. Fig. 6 represents a detail view of the operating-handle connection with the weighted actuating-lever device. Fig. 7 rep resents a perspective view of the bottle-holder 0 or adjustable guide removed.

A represents the legs and base of the ma chine, to which are permanently secured by bolts the upright standards B B, which form guidesbetween which slide the vertical actuat- 3,5 ing-bar 0, having at its upper end the corkplunger D, provided with the air-escape needle Z, vertical movement being imparted or transmitted thereto through the medium of the hand-lever E, pivoted to the sta dard B, ding beyond the said standard B, so as to impart momentum to the same, and thus actuate the plunger D, so as to force a cork into the bot tle G, placed in the adjustable holder and 5 guide Y, having angle or incline vertical sides Y, adapted to guide various-sizes of bottles placed therein, and in contact withsaid vertical incline sides Y, so as to permit each size to be adjusted centrally or in line with the vertical movement of the said plunger D,

Fig. 5 represents a- 25 perspective view of the cork-guide and bushsaid adjustable holder and guide Y being secured to the upper end of the screw-threaded adjusting-rod I by means of a set-screw passing through a slotor oblong hole in the bottom of the said adjustable holder and guide Y, so as to permit it to be adjusted horizontally upon said rod I, which is provided with a screw-threaded adjustirignut, J, having a bearing upon the upper end or top of the incline-faced or wedge-shaped clamp-bl0ck K, which is held in position and elevated or released through the medium of the lever N,pivoted to one of the standards B, and one end contacting with the projection upon the said clamp-block K, and the opposite end provided with an adjustable weight, M, which may be adjusted horizontally upon the said lever N,

so as to nearly counterbalance the bottle G andits contents, thereby permittingthe adjustment and removal of any number of sizes and weights of bottles being corked with the same case and facility, simply by adjusting the holder-guideY, elevating or adjusting screw I, and counterbalance-weight M correspondingly with the size of bottles and their weight when filled of each lot or different kind being corked.

It will be seen that when a bottle has been placed in the guide-holder Y and is being elevated into position to be corked, its top end portion comes into contact with the down- Ward-projecting curved guide-plate O, which directs the mouth or neck into the exact position to receive the cork, and when so adj usted it is instantly secured and rigidly held in place by the downward movement of the said hand-lever E, which contacts with the vertical actuating-bar G and carries it downward also, thereby releasing the said inclinefaced or tapering wedge L, so as to permitit 0 to drop or slide downward and contact with the incline face of the said clamp-block K, and

by frictional contact therewith hold the said clamp-block K temporarily, and thus firmly support the bottle in position while the cork 9 5 is being forced into the neck thereof by the further downward movement of the said plunger D by means of the said handle E. Now, the cork having by this movement been forced into the neck of the bottle G bythe said plun- 10o which its lower end is connected. The weight of thefilled bottle G, thus corked, is sufficient to carry or force downward the said clampger D, the needle Z, connected to the said plunger when withdrawn upward from the neck of the bottle, leaves an air hole or vent, to allow what air was forced into the bottle by the insertion of the cork to escape therefrom through such needle-groove as formed by the needle Z beingpressed into the side of the cork, which groove very soon becomes completely closed by the swelling of the cork or its return back to its normal or cylindric form, and thus closes the bottle air or liquid tight. The handle E, now being elevated or raised upward, brings the connecting rod or chain H into contact therewith, or into position to carryupward the weighted lever N, to

block K and its appendages, and thereby release the bottle and allow its removal and the introduction of an uncorked one into its place, when the operation may be repeated. If desired to more rapidly feed the corks into position beneath the said plunger D, we provide a rotary cork-receptacle, 1?, which may be filled with corks, placed in the channel, as shown in Fig. 3. Now, when the said handlever E is forced downward, carrying the vertical actuating-bar 0, having the vertical and incline slot B, into which is fitted the frictionroll S, journaled within the horizontal sliding frame T, provided at one end with the cork-carrier U, into which one of the corks drop through a hole formed in a false bottom provided in the said rotary cork-receptacle P, the said carrier U, by its movement, carries such cork into the adjustable removable bushing-receiver V, which is adapted to the size of corks being used, thereby retains the cork in the exact position directly beneath the descending plunger D, which forces it into the neck of the bottle. When the said hand-lever is raised upward,it forces the said horizontal carrier-frame T U. backward or in the opposite direction, thereby bringing the vertical projecting end of the spring-pawl W into contact with one of the ratchet-teeth X, provided upon the periphery of the said rotary cork-receptacle P, and thus rotate the same sufficiently to bring the next cork contained therein into position,as before described, and shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

Now, in order that'a single machine of any construction, either our own invention or those heretofore in use, may be adapted for use so as to operate with various sizes of corks fitted for various sizes and kinds of bottles as may become desirable to cork therein, (with or without the aid of the said rotary recepta cle,) we provide various sizes of corresponding independent cork-receiver bushings V, as shown in Fig. 5, each kind or size having the same external dimensions, but varying in thickness, so as to produce the desired internal dimensions or segment of a circle adapted to fit the various sizes of corks that may be required in corking all kinds and sizes of bottles usually corked by this class of machines, the plunger D being also interchangeable or made adjustable to correspond therewith. This-rotary receptacle P may be dispensed with, andthe corks placed by hand, one at a time,into the receiver-bushing V, beneath the plunger D.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new 1. In amachine for corking bottles, the combination of the independent removable corkreceiver bushing V, and corresponding plunger, D, and curved guide-plate O, constructed and arranged substantially as shown and described, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a machine for corking bottles,-the combination of the adjustable bottle-guide holder Y, provided with the angle or incline vertical sides Y, whereby various sizes of bottles may be guided into proper position beneath the cork driver or plunger, asand for the purposes set' forth.

3. In a machine for corking bottles, the combination, with the weighted lever N, having an adjustable weight, M, apd operating-handle E, of the chain H, connecting said handle and lever direct, substantially as shown and described, as and for the purposes set forth.

EDWVIN E. WORDEN. GEORGE TAYLOR.- JOHN POWER. EBEN D. COLBY.

Witnesses:

SYLVENUS WALKER, W. R. MARBLE. 

